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Sea-Watch crew defies Italian orders and enters country’s waters

Migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch defied an order from Rome authorities and has decided to enter Italian waters, the vessels' crew said on Twitter on Wednesday (26 June). The German charity…

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Pope saddened by image of dead migrant father and baby at US-Mexico border

Reader's discretion is recommended due to the graphic nature of the photo attached to the story Pope Francis is profoundly saddened by the death of two migrants – a…

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Britain to have a new Prime Minister on July 23rd

The announcement of Britain's next prime minister has been set for the 23rd of July, with the transfer of power expected to be swift. The Conservative Party in a statement…

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Powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake hits the border area between Panama and Costa Rica

A powerful, 6.3-magnitude earthquake has hit the border area between Panama and Costa Rica, with reports of tremors being felt some 500km away in Panama City. The epicenter was 44…

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Newspaper Review – Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

The Malta Independent reports that a petition for a vote of confidence in PN leader Adrian Delia has been formally presented to the party. Executive Council member Ivan Bartolo said…

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Father-daughter border drowning highlights migrants’ perils -AP

The man and his 23-month-old daughter lay face down in shallow water along the bank of the Rio Grande, his black shirt hiked up to his chest with the girl’s…

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ECHR rejects Sea Watch appeal

The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has rejected a request presented by migrant search-and-rescue vessel Sea Watch 3 for the ECHR to implement interim measures asking Italy to allow…

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Dr Marceline Naudi elected as President of the Group of experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)

Dr Marceline Naudi, Head, Department of Gender Studies at the Faculty for Social Wellbeing at the University of Malta was elected as president of the Group of experts on Action against…

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Study finds one third of European food products have same brand, but different contents

The EU has found almost a third of branded food products sold in the European Union have the same, or similar labelling, but different contents. Countries in Eastern Europe had…

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NATO urges Russia to destroy new missile before August or expect more determined response in the region

NATO urged Russia on Tuesday to destroy a new missile before an August deadline and save a treaty that keeps land-based nuclear warheads out of Europe or face a more…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing – Newspaper Review

These are the main stories from today's newspaper front-pages in Malta. The Times of Malta questions Minister Ian Borg about the court decree that Planning Authority board member Matthew Pace…

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US sanctions close diplomatic path forever

U.S. sanctions against Iran’s supreme leader and foreign minister mean the diplomatic path with Washington is closed "forever," foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi was cited as saying by semi-official Iranian…

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Council of Europe votes for Russia’s return

The Council of Europe's parliamentary assembly voted Tuesday to allow Russian representatives to return to the body, five years after the annexation of Crimea. Despite strong opposition from Ukraine, 118 parliamentarians…

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Malta: Elisa’s funeral to be held on Wednesday

Elisa Buhagiar's funeral is to be held on Wednesday 26th June at 1530h at the Ħaż-Żebbuġ Parish Church. Relatives expressed their wish that people attending the funeral not wear black.…

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US President Trump signs hard-hitting sanctions on Iran and its Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei

US President Donald Trump signed and enacted the document which impose hard-hitting new sanctions on Iran, including on the office of the country's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. BBC reports that…

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Milan-Cortina beats Stockholm-Aare to host the 2026 Winter Olympics

Milan-Cortina won the bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics Monday beating Stockholm-Aare in a vote by the the International Olympic Committee (IOC). It will be 20 years since…

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Greek Cypriot army captain serial killer sentenced to seven life imprisonments for seven murders

A Greek Cypriot army captain was sentenced to seven life imprisonment terms on Monday after pleading guilty to killing five women and two children in a three-year murder spree in…

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ECJ says that Polish judicial reforms violated EU law

Polish judicial reforms that lowered the retirement age of Supreme Court judges violated EU law, the European Court of Justice ruled Monday. POLITICO reports that the ECJ found that the retirement…

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UPDATED: Two Eurofighters collide over northern Germany

Two German air force Eurofighters were involved in a mid-air collision over northern Germany. The two Eurofighter jets touched each other and crashed into the ground near in Fleesensee, near…

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Sky News postpones Tory leadership debate after Boris Johnson refuses invitation

The televised Tory leadership debate on Sky News has been postponed because Boris Johnson refused to take part. Sky News said he had "so far declined the invitation" to go…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing – Newspaper Review

Good morning, The Times of Malta reveals that enough members of the PN’s General Council have signed a petition to force a confidence vote in leader Adrian Delia. The paper…

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Corporate Dispatch Europe Explained – agendaEurope – The Week Ahead

A quick glance at the main forthcoming events in the European Union including EU Council, Commission and Parliament meetings and other EU-related conferences and events. Events for the week of…

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Yemeni rebels attack Saudi airport

Saudi Arabia says one person has been killed and seven others wounded in an attack by Yemeni rebels on an airport in the kingdom's south. The spokesman of the Saudi-led…

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7.5 earthquake registered in Indonesia, felt in Darwin Australia

A major earthquake magnitude 7.5 shook Indonesia The epicentre was roughly 222 km below the earth’s surface in Saumlaki. A tsunami warning has been issued near Saumlaki in Indonesia.…

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Iran warned not to misjudge U.S. ‘prudence’

U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton warned that Iran should not "mistake U.S. prudence and discretion for weakness.”. He was referring to President Donald Trump's decision the other week…

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3.7 strong earthquake strikes close to Rome, Italy

A 3.7 magnitude earthquake was registered in Italy. According to the Ingv, the epicenter of the earthquake sensed at 10:43 is located 3 kilometers from the municipality of Colonna (Rome),…

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Pete Buttigieg criticised on fatal shooting by police in South Bend

A lawyer for the family of a black man fatally shot by a white police officer in the Indiana city where Pete Buttigieg is mayor on Friday accused the Democratic…

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Thai youths football team leads charity race, on the anniversary of their rescue

A Thai youth football team and their coach led a charity race near the Tham Luang cave which they entered exactly one year ago, emerging alive 18 days later. The…

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Video – Human trafficking operation captured by Frontex

Frontex experts who spotted it from the air had a good idea. And sure enough, after a few hours a steady stream of people emerged from below the deck of…

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Boris Johnson’s private life makes him a “security risk” to Britain – senior cabinet minister

Boris Johnson was branded a security risk by a senior cabinet minister who is close to Theresa May but is backing Hunt for the leadership. The comments were made in…

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Ethiopia’s army chief of staff shot in failed coup attempt

Update: A spokesman for Ethiopia’s prime minister says the head of the country’s military has been shot dead in the capital, Addis Ababa. Nigussu Tilahun told reporters Sunday that Gen.…

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On this day, in 2016, the UK voted for Brexit

On this day, in 2016 the UK voted to leave the European Union. Just over half of the electorate voted for “Brexit”, Britain's exit from the EU. The UK had been…

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Brexit experience demonstrates the need for Scotland’s independence – Sturgeon

In an interview on Der Spiegel, Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon stressed the case in favour of a second referendum for Brexit and the Independence of Scotland. "I think the…

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New US sanctions to be imposed on Iran as of Monday

Speaking in Washington on Saturday before heading to the U.S. presidential retreat at Camp David, Trump indicated the government was taking a diplomatic path to put pressure on Tehran by…

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Boris Johnson’s refuses to talk on domestic feud; support soars to more than 20%

The Tory leadership favourite blocked – on three occasions – an interviewer’s attempt, at the first hustings at Birmingham on Saturday, to extract an explanation for the incident that has…

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Drunk woman arrested in Stansted after allegedly “rushing to cockpit” of Jet2 aircraft, sparking fears of hijack incident

A woman has been arrested after allegedly “rushing the cockpit” of a Jet2 aircraft before being restrained, forcing it to return to Stansted Airport. RAF Typhoon jets were scrambled to…

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Northern California has been hit by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake

Northern California has been hit by a 5.5 magnitude earthquake. The tremor was said to have hit 40 miles south of Eureka. There is no reports of any Tsunami warnings…

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Corporate Dispatch Be Informed Evening Roundup

Good evening, These are the headlines of the stories reviewed and worked on by our editorial team. Iran executes former Defence ministry employee suspected with spying for US…

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Iran executes former Defence ministry employee suspected with spying for US – reports

Update: Iran has executed a "defence ministry contractor" convicted of spying for the US Central Intelligence Agency, according to the semi-official news agency ISNA. "The execution sentence was carried out…

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On this day in 1986 Diego Maradona coins the phrase “Hand of God”

1986: The Argentinian football star had scored a goal with his hand during the FIFA World Cup quarter-final against England. The referee allowed the goal, the Argentinian team were later…

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Trump denies new accusations of sexual assault

A New York writer has said Donald Trump sexually assaulted her in a changing room at a Manhattan department store in the mid-1990s. E Jean Carroll wrote in the New…

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Fatal air crash in Hawaii

A twin-engine aircraft crashed in Hawaii, killing at all nine people on board. The Hawaii Department of Transportation said the King Air plane when it went down near Dillingham Airfield…

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Corporate Dispatch Morning Briefing

Good morning President Trump has said he doesn’t want war but warned Iran it would face “obliteration” if conflict broke out. The EU has threatened to impose sanctions on Turkey…

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Trump open to talks with Iran but warns it would face “obliteration” if conflict broke out

President Trump has said he doesn't want war but warned Iran it would face "obliteration" if conflict broke out. Speaking to NBC on Friday evening, Trump said the…

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UN Secretary General hails historic Convention banning violence and harassment at work

A landmark international agreement banning violence and harassment in the workplace has been applauded by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, after it was adopted on Friday at the International Labour…

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Russia suspends flights to Georgia, more protests in Tbilisi

President Vladimir Putin has temporarily banned Russian airlines from flying to Georgia following days of violent unrest in the country. Moscow will also recommend that Russian travel agencies suspend all…

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Corporate Dispatch Be Informed Evening Roundup

Good evening, These are the headlines of the stories that our editorial team at Corporate Dispatch worked on Friday. Police called to Boris Johnson’s home for loud argument at home…

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Iran: United States request UN Security Council meeting

The United States has requested a closed-door U.N. Security Council meeting on Iran and the latest developments in the Gulf, diplomats said Friday. The discussions would touch on both the…

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Judge Depasquale appeals for ‘media savvy’ courts, deals with ‘often unjust criticism against judicial system’ while vowing to ‘serve to ensure that citizens feel that justice is done’

"I’m here to serve and, as such, I promise to do my utmost to ensure that the citizen feels that justice is being done, and that this is achieved in…

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